A Level Law online

OCR  and AQA A Level Law are two-year courses designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the English legal system and its application in society. 

Both curriculums aim to provide students with a solid understanding of the English legal system and its application in society. They cover similar areas of law, such as criminal law, tort law, and contract law. Both curriculums require students to develop their analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving skills through the study of case law, legislation, and legal commentary. Assessment is through exams at the end of the second year, which test students’ knowledge and understanding of the course content, as well as their ability to apply legal principles to hypothetical scenarios.

The Oxford, Cambridge and  A LEVEL qualification (OCR) 

The OCR A Level Law H418 specification covers a wide range of legal topics and aims to provide students with a deep understanding of the English legal system and its key areas of law. Here's a quick overview of the OCR A Level Law H418 specification which started to be taught in 2020 and was first assessed in the Summer of 2022:

Component 1A: The Legal System and Criminal Law

This component covers the following topics:

• Civil courts and other forms of dispute resolution
• Criminal courts and lay people
• Legal personnel
• Access to justice

Component 1B: Criminal Law

• Rules and theory
• General elements of criminal liability
• Fatal offences against the person
• Non-fatal offences against the person
• Offences against property
• Mental capacity defences
• General defences
• Preliminary offences
• Critical evaluation of:  non-fatal offences against the person defences: intoxication, self-defence and consent, ideas for reform

Component 2A: Law Making 

This component covers the following topics:

• Parliamentary law making
• Delegated legislation
• Statutory interpretation
• Judicial precedent
• Law reform

Component 2B:  Tort Law

• Rules and theory
• Liability in negligence
• Occupiers’ liability
• Torts connected to land
• Vicarious liability
• Defences
• Remedies
• Critical evaluation of:  liability in negligence, occupiers’ liability, vicarious liability

Component 3A: The nature of law

• Introduction to the nature of law
• Law and morality
• Law and justice
• Law and society

Component 3B: Further Law

in this section students can choose between Contract Law and Human Rights law. However, schools and colleges  will often make this choice for students. 

Human Rights Law

• Rules and theory
• Protection of the individual’s human rights and freedoms in the UK
• Key provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights
• Human rights and English law
• Enforcement of human rights law
• Critical evaluation of human rights protection in the UK: Articles 5, 6, 8, 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the Human Rights Act 1998 , ideas for reform

Contract Law 

• Rules and theory
• Formation
• Terms
• Vitiating factors
• Discharge
• Remedies
• Critical evaluation of:  formation , contract terms , ideas for reform

Assessment

The OCR A Level Law H418 specification is assessed through written exams each 2 hours long. 

All exams consist of a mixture of short answer questions and essay questions.

Overall, the OCR A Level Law H418 specification provides students with a thorough understanding of the English legal system and its key areas of law.